Well Baggins, if they carried the bodies 11 miles or 2 miles then everyone would know where the final killing took place. I am not suggesting anything, only quoting what was in the book. I read this book many years ago and if my memory severs me right it was a running battle that started around El Carmen church (where my parents were members and I went to school, Southside which is at the corner of 281 south where the historical marker is located) The book goes on to say per letters of the Mexican officer that the Mexican army entice the Texans to follow them into the deeper sand and where the black jack oaks began where the main Mexican army launch the ambush. In the deep sand the horses were not able to run. I know that area very well and if this book is correct, the deep sand with the black jack oaks begin about 5 miles south of the Medina River and around Lemming, Texas the sand starts to harden again. If a thousand or so Texans were killed with no survivors then it makes sense why no one knows the exact location of the final battle. It's hard to see a vulture in the sky a mile away so 5 or more miles and with everyone afraid to leave there homes, I can see how no one ever found the bodies. My best friend Ernest Martinez told me that is great great grandfather was one of the first to died in that battle and that he was killed on his property, he is buried at the El Carmen cemetery with the notation on his grave stone. For you guys that are going I will tell you that the area by the river is very wild and thick with tall weeds, many snakes (copperheads and rattlers) so take your snake boots and insect repellent and tie down you pant legs,many chiggers (red bugs).
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